Its story

HIP 72257 has a visual magnitude of about 8.36: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 72257: right ascension 14h 46m 34s, declination −32° 10′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Lupus constellation (IAU figure Lup).

HIP 72257. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 72257, HD 129981, Gaia DR3 6217308590845895680. In the SkyKeepsake Lupus (Lup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.